COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A.

by bshea · 2024 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Commanders ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Very little went wrong, and the A is earned.

They will answer for taking linebacker early while edge rusher went begging. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. However the rest shakes out, Coleman at that price is a win they earned.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.19 · Pick 19 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In pick 19 they get a seam-stretching tight end, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 26
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jordan Morgan at Round 2, Pick 4 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
Nice patience on Keon Coleman, who had no business lasting to the 39th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
They paid sticker price for J.J. McCarthy in the 40th pick, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 50
A reasonable price with a little left over, Graham Barton in No. 53. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 53
Kingsley Suamataia at pick No. 54 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 56
A clean, defensible pick in slot 59 with a little surplus value in Edgerrin Cooper. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 71
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Junior Colson at linebacker with edge rusher open.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Khyree Jackson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 113
Value with a capital V on Leonard Taylor III in No. 121, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · James Williams · S · rank 135
James Williams in slot 124 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
A straight-up fair deal on Ben Sinnott at the 138th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 150
By-the-book stuff, Drake Nugent at pick No. 145 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.25 · Pick 161 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
They took Jaylen Wright at par in the 161st pick, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Myles Jones · CB · rank 229
They paid up for Myles Jones at the Round 6 slot when waiting would have done the job. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 212
De'Corian Clark at Round 6, Pick 45 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.18 · Pick 238 · David Ugwoegbu · OLB-EDGE · rank 250
David Ugwoegbu at slot 238 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
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